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empleado

Definitions of empleado
  1. noun
    a worker who is hired to perform a job
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    antonyms:
    amo, empresario, patrón
    a person or firm that employs workers
    types:
    barman, camarero
    an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
    oficinista
    an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
    amanuense, copiador, copiante, copista, escribiente, plumista
    someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
    redactor publicitario
    a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy
    repartidor
    someone employed to make deliveries
    superintendente
    an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems
    jardinero
    someone employed to work in a garden
    gasista
    someone employed by a gas company
    alquiladizo, mercenario
    a person who works only for money
    chico de los recados, mandadero, ordenanza
    a young man who is employed to do odd jobs in a business office
    registrador
    a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company
    comerciante, dependiente, vendedor
    a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
    carrilano, ferroviario
    an employee of a railroad
    dactilógrafo, mecanógrafo
    someone paid to operate a typewriter
    currito, obrero
    an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
    camarera
    a female bartender
    guardafrenos
    a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes
    maitre
    a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
    representante, representante de ventas
    someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer
    recepcionista
    a hotel receptionist
    asalariado, ganador
    someone who earn wages in return for their labor
    archivador, archivero, archivista
    a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization
    abatanador, batanero
    a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living
    gasista, técnico del gas
    a workman who installs and repairs gas fixtures and appliances
    heladero, vendedor de helados
    someone who cuts and delivers ice
    mano de obra, trabajador manual
    someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
    cartero, correo
    a man who delivers the mail
    lechero, repartidor de leche
    someone who delivers milk
    embalador, empaquetador, envasador
    a workman employed to pack things into containers
    repartidor de periódicos
    a boy who sells or delivers newspapers
    cagatintas, chupatintas, tagarote, tinterillo
    a clerk who does boring paperwork
    cantinero, tabernero
    the keeper of a public house
    repartidor
    a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on)
    dependiente, vendedor
    a salesperson in a store
    dependienta, vendedora
    a woman salesperson
    tramoyista
    a stagehand responsible for moving scenery
    guardavía
    a railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard
    asistente social
    someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)
    medidor
    one who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received
    cronometrador
    a clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees
    camarero
    a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
    almacenero, guardalmacén
    a workman who manages or works in a warehouse
    type of:
    trabajador
    a person who works at a specific occupation
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